President Duterte: ‘Bye, bye America’

The World

President Rodrigo Duterte says he’s following through on a promise to kick US troops out of the Philippines. The move would end decades of US military involvement in the southeast Asian country. And as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, President Donald Trump seems to be fine with it.

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